Helaman 14
1 And now it came to pass that Samuel, the Lamanite, did prophesy a great
many more things which cannot be written.
2 And behold, he said unto them: Behold, I give unto you a sign; for five
years more cometh, and behold, then cometh the Son of God to redeem all
those who shall believe on his name.
3 And behold, this will I give unto you for a sign at the time of his coming;
for behold, there shall be great lights in heaven, insomuch that in the night
before he cometh there shall be no darkness, insomuch that it shall appear
unto man as if it was day.
4 Therefore, there shall be one day and a night and a day, as if it were one
day and there were no night; and this shall be unto you for a sign; for ye shall
know of the rising of the sun and also of its setting; therefore they shall know
of a surety that there shall be two days and a night; nevertheless the night
shall not be darkened; and it shall be the night before he is born.
5 And behold, there shall a new star arise, such an one as ye never have
beheld; and this also shall be a sign unto you.
6 And behold this is not all, there shall be many signs and wonders in
heaven.
7 And it shall come to pass that ye shall all be amazed, and wonder,
insomuch that ye shall fall to the earth.
8 And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall believe on the Son of God,
the same shall have everlasting life.
9 And behold, thus hath the Lord commanded me, by his angel, that I should
come and tell this thing unto you; yea, he hath commanded that I should
prophesy these things unto you; yea, he hath said unto me: Cry unto this
people, repent and prepare the way of the Lord.
10 And now, because I am a Lamanite, and have spoken unto you the words
which the Lord hath commanded me, and because it was hard against you, ye
are angry with me and do seek to destroy me, and have cast me out from
among you.
11 And ye shall hear my words, for, for this intent have I come up upon the
walls of this city, that ye might hear and know of the judgments of God
which do await you because of your iniquities, and also that ye might know
the conditions of repentance;
12 And also that ye might know of the coming of Jesus Christ, the Son of
God, the Father of heaven and of earth, the Creator of all things from the
beginning; and that ye might know of the signs of his coming, to the intent
that ye might believe on his name.
13 And if ye believe on his name ye will repent of all your sins, that thereby
ye may have a remission of them through his merits.
14 And behold, again, another sign I give unto you, yea, a sign of his death.
15 For behold, he surely must die that salvation may come; yea, it behooveth
him and becometh expedient that he dieth, to bring to pass the resurrection
of the dead, that thereby men may be brought into the presence of the Lord.
16 Yea, behold, this death bringeth to pass the resurrection, and redeemeth
all mankind from the first death — that spiritual death; for all mankind, by the
fall of Adam being cut off from the presence of the Lord, are considered as
dead, both as to things temporal and to things spiritual.
17 But behold, the resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind, yea, even all
mankind, and bringeth them back into the presence of the Lord.
18 Yea, and it bringeth to pass the condition of repentance, that whosoever
repenteth the same is not hewn down and cast into the fire; but whosoever
repenteth not is hewn down and cast into the fire; and there cometh upon
them again a spiritual death, yea, a second death, for they are cut off again as
to things pertaining to righteousness.
19 Therefore repent ye, repent ye, lest by knowing these things and not
doing them ye shall suffer yourselves to come under condemnation, and ye
are brought down unto this second death.
20 But behold, as I said unto you concerning another sign, a sign of his
death, behold, in that day that he shall suffer death the sun shall be darkened
and refuse to give his light unto you; and also the moon and the stars; and
there shall be no light upon the face of this land, even from the time that he
shall suffer death, for the space of three days, to the time that he shall rise
again from the dead.
21 Yea, at the time that he shall yield up the ghost there shall be thunderings
and lightnings for the space of many hours, and the earth shall shake and
tremble; and the rocks which are upon the face of this earth, which are both
above the earth and beneath, which ye know at this time are solid, or the
more part of it is one solid mass, shall be broken up;
22 Yea, they shall be rent in twain, and shall ever after be found in seams
and in cracks, and in broken fragments upon the face of the whole earth, yea,
both above the earth and beneath.
23 And behold, there shall be great tempests, and there shall be many
mountains laid low, like unto a valley, and there shall be many places which
are now called valleys which shall become mountains, whose height is great.
24 And many highways shall be broken up, and many cities shall become
desolate.
25 And many graves shall be opened, and shall yield up many of their dead;
and many saints shall appear unto many.
26 And behold, thus hath the angel spoken unto me; for he said unto me that
there should be thunderings and lightnings for the space of many hours.
27 And he said unto me that while the thunder and the lightning lasted, and
the tempest, that these things should be, and that darkness should cover the
face of the whole earth for the space of three days.
28 And the angel said unto me that many shall see greater things than these,
to the intent that they might believe that these signs and these wonders
should come to pass upon all the face of this land, to the intent that there
should be no cause for unbelief among the children of men —
29 And this to the intent that whosoever will believe might be saved, and
that whosoever will not believe, a righteous judgment might come upon
them; and also if they are condemned they bring upon themselves their own
condemnation.
30 And now remember, remember, my brethren, that whosoever perisheth,
perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth iniquity, doeth it unto himself;
for behold, ye are free; ye are permitted to act for yourselves; for behold,
God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath made you free.
31 He hath given unto you that ye might know good from evil, and he hath
given unto you that ye might choose life or death; and ye can do good and be
restored unto that which is good, or have that which is good restored unto
you; or ye can do evil, and have that which is evil restored unto you.